Monday, February 6, 2012
I am currently enrolled in UC Davis as a civil engineering major. I want to become a licensed professional land surveyor. The only colleges in california that offer a surveying program are cal state fresno and pomona, but I want to stay in a University of California.|||You should review the requirements from the California Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors.
A degree in anything will not get you a Survey license, not even one from Fresno. You will need to sit for and pass two separate 8 hour examinations with a bit of work experience in between them.
Education will help, but it is not the direct route. You should log on to their website (http://www.pels.ca.gov/ ) and read thru the requirements and process so that you can adjust your education and perhaps frame your summer jobs.
good luck.. Its a good profession.. almost recession proof since in California there are only about 4,000 licensed surveyors, many of them are retired or slowing down, and its a damn big state .
You may also want to check the California Land SUrveyors Association website for other information that may help.
.|||You need six semester units or equivalent to take the CA surveying exam and get your license. This means that you need atleast two (3 unit) classes if you are on a semester system
see this website for the details
http://www.pels.ca.gov/|||If I was you I would contact the State board..To be a surveyor You must show proficiency by examination. To get to the point where your able to take the test is what your after...the state board guys will know..From the E
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